Atlantic Slave Trade

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Unit 2
Egan Magee
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Atlantic Slave Trade
  1. West Africa
    1. The slaves were bought by trade
      1. 10 to 15 million slaves were exported from West Africa
        1. Many captured slaves thought that many Europeans were cannibals
          1. The slaves were branded with hot irons and restrained with shackles
      2. African Governments trade slaves
        1. Arms, Brandy and Textiles
          1. Spain
            1. England
              1. France
                1. Coffee, Sugar and Tobacco were made into consumor goods for Europeans
                  1. France England and Spain built their empires
                2. Average Europeans benefited because coffee sugar and tobacco were available
                3. The Government of this country profited from this trade
              2. Slaves
                1. They went to the Caribean, and to The Americas,
                  1. Brazillian plantations: The average lifespan of a slave working is 23 years
                  2. Between ten and twenty percent of slaves lost their lives
                  3. The West African slave traders got Brandy, Textiles and Arms from trading
                    1. West African Governments were getting wealthy
                      1. slave trading finances war
                        1. There was a decline in the population of men
                    2. More than half of slaves captured form central Africa didn't survive reaching the West African coast
                    3. Triangular Trade
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